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What can you and what can't you say when you're a public person like Tiger Woods? Generally speaking, what is permissable, and what is not, also as a layman? Maybe read this article first:
http://news.bbc.co.u...ine/4902432.stm
There seems to be such a difference between English (Britain) and English (America).
Roland
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Is Tiger a 'spaz'?
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Posted 2006-April-12, 17:59
It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice
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Posted 2006-April-12, 21:19
"What can you and what can't you say when you're a public person like Tiger Woods?"
You *can* say almost anything you want to.
If you are not only a public figure, but a role model for many millions of children and teenagers, then you *should* be very careful, as Tiger Woods usually is.
Peter
You *can* say almost anything you want to.
If you are not only a public figure, but a role model for many millions of children and teenagers, then you *should* be very careful, as Tiger Woods usually is.
Peter
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Posted 2006-April-12, 22:41
pbleighton, on Apr 12 2006, 10:19 PM, said:
"What can you and what can't you say when you're a public person like Tiger Woods?"
You *can* say almost anything you want to.
If you are not only a public figure, but a role model for many millions of children and teenagers, then you *should* be very careful, as Tiger Woods usually is.
Peter
You *can* say almost anything you want to.
If you are not only a public figure, but a role model for many millions of children and teenagers, then you *should* be very careful, as Tiger Woods usually is.
Peter
agree..just look at Paris Hilton. Anyway exercise your right of free speech!
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Posted 2006-April-13, 03:14
I watched the interview on BBC1 and heard the phone-in on Radio 5live. I've never heard so much twaddle in my life!
The problem with British Society these days is that there are an AWFUL lot of people who make a nusence (or however it's spelt) of themselves by trying to take offence on behalf of other people, most of whom don't see anything wrong with the initial comment in the first place.
The problem with British Society these days is that there are an AWFUL lot of people who make a nusence (or however it's spelt) of themselves by trying to take offence on behalf of other people, most of whom don't see anything wrong with the initial comment in the first place.
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Posted 2006-April-13, 03:22
So he should not have said it. I agree with that but let it be done with that. Instead it goes all over the world and gets over-analyzed. The media attention to this is way too much.
We all know what it's like to have been playing in Heat 3. Especially if golf (or bridge, or ...) is your life you can get emotional over that.
We all know what it's like to have been playing in Heat 3. Especially if golf (or bridge, or ...) is your life you can get emotional over that.
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Posted 2006-April-13, 04:35
mr1303, on Apr 13 2006, 10:14 AM, said:
nusence (or however it's spelt)
Nuisance it is, but there is nothing wrong with spelt if you are from Britain:
"Its principal parts are spell, spelled or spelt, spelled or spelt, Americans preferring spelled, the British, spelt".
Roland
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Posted 2006-April-13, 08:28
Isnt it the British that also called cigarettes "Fags"? 
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Posted 2006-April-13, 12:29
I rememer the insult 'Joey' from around 20 years ago, but never knew its origin!
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